'We must uphold biological reality!' Backlash over trans schooling for children
A major campaign has been launched calling for an end to the spread of gender ideology across society
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A major campaign has been launched calling for an end to the spread of gender ideology across society as advocates demand children are no longer be taught they can be born in the wrong body.
More than 80 pressure groups and public figures have united in protest against trans schooling as they urge institutions to stop pupils "socially transitioning" by letting them change names, pronouns and uniforms.
Their Declaration for Biological Reality plans to boost women's rights by protecting single-sex spaces such as toilets and hospital wards, and banning transgender athletes from female sports.
The group hopes to defend freedom of speech which suggests nobody should be penalised for saying humans cannot change sex.
The group hopes to defend freedom of speech which suggests nobody should be penalised for saying humans cannot change sex
gbnewsThey also call for public bodies such as the NHS and police to stop displaying "ideological symbols" such as the rainbow flag.
Prominent figures involved include MPs Mark Jenkinson, Nick Fletcher and Neale Hanvey, peer Baroness Fox of Buckley, Olympic athletes Sharron Davies and Mara Yamauchi.
Plus comedy writer Graham Linehan and pioneering headmistress Katherine Birbalsingh.
The calls come amid disputes in courts, Parliament, the public sector and on social media over the belief that self-described gender identity is more important than biological sex.
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The declaration reads: "Over recent years, there has been a demonstrable attack on biological reality in the United Kingdom.
"This has skewed public policy and discourse in favour of an ideology that has no scientific basis and which poses safeguarding risks to some of the most vulnerable groups."
Some ministers have tried to challenge plans to rewrite the Equality Act to make it clear that the term sex is based on biology rather than gender identity.
Last week, the Labour-run Welsh government was accused of trying to introduce gender self-ID unofficially.
The calls come amid disputes in courts, Parliament, the public sector and on social media over the belief that self-described gender identity is more important than biological sex
PAJames Esses, the co-ordinator of the campaign, said: “All signatories are united by their desire to uphold biological reality in society.
"This is not about left or right. It is about right and wrong.”
While in Scotland, the Court of Session has ruled that a transgender woman who obtains a Gender Recognition Certificate is a woman under equality law, a decision which campaigners say means biological males can be considered lesbians.